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There's no fancy writing or glittery effects for this page, because the Brumby fate is an important issue. Much like the mustangs they were in trouble of being slaughtered...
120 brumbies are about to lose their lives...because of living. 120 brumbies that aren't harming people...
120 brumbies that have NOT been complained about by land owners!
Here is the sad news article I found on Google News today..there fate has been decided.
Horse cull a step closer
By SELINA SHARRATT
15feb07
IT'S official.
A total of 120 brumbies in the Clemant State Forest will be removed and could be slaughtered.
The Environment Protection (EPA) agency confirmed a 'preferred proponent' had been selected to muster and remove the wild horses.
While it has been confirmed the animals will not be shot on site, their fate still hangs in the balance.
The EPA and the State Environment Minister Lindy Nelson-Carr have refused to rule out a mass cull, saying it is the decision for the tenderer.
"The future of the horses is a matter for the person who musters them and subsequently owns them, and is subject to the appropriate animal welfare laws," an EPA spokeswoman said yesterday.
"What happens is still under discussion with the tenderer."
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) district manager Marty McLaughlin said about 120 feral horses were counted during an independent aerial survey last year.
"It is also evident from large pads (tracks) that the horses leave the state forest, moving from the southern part of the forest onto private property," Mr McLaughlin said.
But an EPA spokeswoman said there had been no complaints received by residents on neighbouring properties.
"A big concern is that approximately 50 horses were counted in the woodlands adjacent to the Bruce Highway – they could pose a hazard to drivers," Mr McLaughlin said.
"Tender documents were prepared in close consultation with the RSPCA to take into account the welfare of the animals being mustered.
"We are now discussing the mustering methods with the preferred proponent."
The EPA spokeswoman would not release the name of the successful tenderer.
But concerned locals say they will fight any move to have the animals removed or killed.
"My main concern is that they were going to do something behind our backs," Townsville businessman and brumby advocate Gary Kendall said.
"But if they do try to remove or kill them than I am prepared to go to war with them on it."
Save The Brumbies president Jan Carter said the Government had tried to be secretive about the issue.
"This is typical of the Government passing the buck," Ms Carter said.
She said the $20,000 the Government spent on the aerial survey could be enough to save the brumbies from being slaughtered.
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